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troubled teens in a blanket of support
Every morning, hundreds of mentally ill and emotionally disturbed teen-agers
wake up in juvenile detention centers and juvenile jails across the United
States to spend another day locked up and isolated from the help they need...
4 part series by Steve Twedt, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Lack
of options keeps mentally disturbed youth locked up
- Abstract: Lack of options keeps mentally disturbed youth
locked up First of four parts Sunday, July 15, 2001 By Steve Twedt,
Post-Gazette Staff Writer Every morning, hundreds of mentally ill and
emotionally disturbed teen-agers wake up in juvenile detention centers and
juvenile jails across the United States (24,880 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010715juvenilejp1.asp
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- Juvenile
justice and mental health: As two worlds collide, teen suffer
- Abstract: Juvenile justice and mental health: As two worlds
collide, teen suffer Second of four parts Monday, July 16, 2001 By Steve
Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Michael Durkin had barely turned 16 when he
landed in Shuman Juvenile Detention Center last spring. He was there because
of his "failure to adju (21,872 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010716juvdaytwomainnat2p2.asp
- Juvenile
justice faces growing crisis: What can we do about the girls?
- Abstract: Juvenile justice faces growing crisis: What can
we do about the girls? Third of four parts Tuesday, July 17, 2001 By Steve
Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA - On a sunny summer day, the
windowless blue hallways of the juvenile detention center here seem
particularly dark and narrow. The (17,438 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010717juvdaythreemainnat2.asp
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troubled teens in a blanket of support
- Abstract: Wrapping troubled teens in a blanket of
support Wednesday, July 18, 2001 By Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff
Writer MILWAUKEE - At the core of Milwaukee County's internationally
acclaimed program that keeps mentally ill teens out of the juvenile
justice system is: Money. Not how much, but how it's co (20,668 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010718juvdayfourmainnat2p2.asp
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- Letters
to the editor
- Abstract: Letters to the editor Tuesday, July 24,
2001 Why do we fail to hear the anguish of mentally ill children? I
have very much appreciated the series by Post-Gazette staff writer
Steve Twedt and photographer Robin Rombach regarding mentally ill kids
in the juvenile justice systemIt's a Crime, July 15-19). (13,246
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http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010724edlets6.asp
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- Issue
One: 'It's A Crime: Mentally Ill Teens Trapped in Juvenile Lockups
- Abstract: Issue One: 'It's A Crime: Mentally Ill
Teens Trapped in Juvenile Lockups Sunday, July 22, 2001 All too
accurate My compliments to Post-Gazette staff writer Steve Twedt and
photographer Robin Rombach for an outstanding but very sad description
of the plight of too many youth in Western Pennsylvania and America (
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http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010722edissueone0722p8.asp
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- U.S.
detention centers becoming warehouses for mentally ill youth
- Abstract: U.S. detention centers becoming
warehouses for mentally ill youth Sunday, July 15, 2001 By Steve
Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Juvenile detention centers are
supposed to be a temporary stop for troubled youths before they go
someplace else: jail, foster care, a treatment facility, or home.
But th (8,446 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010715surveyjp3.asp
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- Troubled
teen gets the help she needs -- in Florida
- Abstract: Troubled teen gets the help she needs
- in Florida Tuesday, July 17, 2001 By Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette
Staff Writer FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - When McKeesport native
Becky Woolheater landed in a psychiatric hospital in Florida's
panhandle last spring, it marked another chapter in how
Pennsylvania fai (10,825 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010717juvbeckysidenat9.asp
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- 'I
don't have the skills to be in the outside world'
- Abstract: I don't have the skills to be in the
outside world' Sunday, July 15, 2001 By Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette
Staff Writer A decade ago, Mayview State Hospital's now-closed
adolescent unit was home to a troubled 9-year-old named Kevin
Walker. How he landed there, and what happened to him afterward,
demonst (8,533 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010715walkerjp2.asp
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- Community
group making a connection to steer children from trouble with
the law
- Abstract: Community group making a connection
to steer children from trouble with the law Wednesday, July
18, 2001 By Steve Twedt, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Family by
family, activists in five local neighborhoods hope to prevent
emotionally disturbed youngsters from marking their
adolescence with a side trip (9,599 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20010718familiesjuvsidenat9p9.asp
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- Editorial:
Detention isn't treatment / A punitive approach cheats mentally ill
youngsters
- Abstract: Editorial: Detention isn't treatment / A
punitive approach cheats mentally ill youngsters Sunday, July 22, 2001
Gwen White, director of an Allegheny County intervention program for
troubled pre-teens, said it most succinctly: "We're building the
plane while we're flying. That's no way to fly a plane (5,701 bytes)
http://www.post-gazette.com/forum/20010720edmen22p2.asp
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